DW SD

How much does it weigh? Any idea? Have you had it on scales?

66Chevellelq4

How do you plan on keeping all of the heat out of the inside of the car? Awesome build by the way!

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I have not weighed it yet. There is a scale a block away from here that I will use when the car is done. I think the car is sitting at about 1400 LBS right now. I am basing that on my spring rates vs. how far they go down. But that is with no engine internals, no fluids and a few things missing. So I figure it has another 300 or so LBS to go. I am honestly shooting for 1700-1800 LBS done without me in it. We will see!

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Lots of insulation! I know the carbon hatch is not going to help keep the heat out but I will deal with it. I do have a nice vent behind the engine to help get all the hot air out and a scoop in front of it to suck in fresh air. At least I shouldn't need to add a heater!

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I haven't been working on the Bug that much lately. Christmas has put a hold on my progress. But I have got a small amount done!



My girlfriend has other ideas for me other then working on the Bug...Thank you!



The last removable panel has been made



The top side



Installed

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Seat belts are here! They bolt in on the lap belt part and are looped around the roll bar on the top part. Now I just need to start making the cage and roll bar.

black06g85

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let me know if you need any ecotec related parts, pulleys etc. I build a lot of them and have a garage full of misc parts

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I decided to take a break from working on the inside of the car. I need to start the roll cage before I get any further on the inside. So I moved on to the front of the car.



First time the hood has been off since I got the car!



Making sure I get a nice square and centered cut



Cut out and back on!



Side view



Should be able to take all the heat away from the radiator. Soon to me a mesh screen going across it.

Jimbo1367

Everyone is doing the"hood" heat vents since Chevy/GM started doing it. Do you have a guesstamate on how long before you get to start it yet?

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I didn't have much of a choice... Since Bugs were never designed to have a radiator, especially one up front, I needed an area to release all the air getting pushed in. If I didn't put the scoop in, all the hot air would be stuck under the hood. I am not keep this hood so if I need to change the design down the road, no big deal. I am going to put a fiberglass hood on it eventually.

I am hoping another 2 months or so before I can drive it. I am going to have a lot of time to work on it this week so I should get a lot done (if I don't get lazy).

List of what is left
- Axles
- Plumbing the fuel system (still need a fuel pump)
- Plumbing the cooling system
- Roll cage
- Clutch
- Wiring
- Mount rotors and calipers
- Gauges
- Finish boxing off a few areas
- A lot of welding...

rat_rod_russell

http://www.rcvperformance.com/

These guys have done my narrowed C5/6 shafts in the past.

-Russell

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Hope everyone had a good Christmas! I would have posted sooner but my puppy decided to eat my SD card reader. So here it is.



I got a lot boxing stuff in done. Mostly just on the front end.







New front bottom arm mount. It is a much needed design change.

neverstop

WOW. impressive project. I always wanted to stuff a K20 or high revving honda motor into the back of an old 911 but the prices for older 911 rollers have gone insane.

sub'd for results!

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Due to the holidays and weather, not much has got done. It has finally warmed back up and isn't 40° in the garage. So let the work begin again!

Still working on the front of the car for the mean time....



This is the part I did not want to do but since I had no choice to put the radiator up front, let the cutting begin!



Off with the nose!



Should be plenty of air getting fed in



This is about as far as I got. Bent a little tube to match the front body lines and put it in. There is going to be a small cage made to support the front of the body. After that, I will finish boxing in the rest of the front and add a mesh grille.

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More progress tonight









And a little paint...

Jimbo1367

looking great. Keep it coming !!!

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Thanks Jimbo!

More progress. I cut the hood to match the front opening. I should be getting my grille in today as well. I ran out of sheet metal so I can't finish boxing off the front. I only have one piece left too! I need to get some metal for the cage anyways, so yet another trip to the metal yard... I hate that place.





Everything lines up good. I am happy the way it turned out. I think it will look a lot better once the grille is in.

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The grille has been trimmed and set in. I still need to work on the corners smoothing them out. Then on to mounting it up! I think I am going to round off the corners of the hood too. It just doesn't look quite right how it is.

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Sill slowly poking along with this thing...



Grille is in and mounted





Tail lights are in



This was by far the scariest thing I have done to the car. You only get one shot with fiberglass and it could be an expensive one! Thank you hole saw and cutoff wheel! It could't have turned out any better.

DW SD

I wonder if you could fill in the front trunk lid nose with more of the mesh material, but so as to restore the shape of the lid?

IE build a replacement u-shaped frame and then fill in the lopped off portion with mesh?

Doug